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[Vintage Flatlink] Please appraise my new watch/bracelet? If this is a bust too, I'm quitting

kaplan
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This is the most expensive watch I bought, and I made a strategical mistake that probably caused me to pay $400 more to it then I could've paid - with a watch like this, you generally compete with one/two other person, for example sometimes when I'm deep in work, I forget to bid and when I check, that watch sells for $200 less then average etc. - anyway, TL;DR: Whoever the competition was, we could've hurt each other less, in this instance, if I just bid last second, it could've cost way less than $2000 - but I was too concentrated on checking the watch that I didn't check the rules of the game

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kov
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I read the post 5x and I still struggle to understand what you wanted to say 🤪

Nice bracelet ! 😀
 
kaplan
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Thanks, it looked like a 4 to me too, but the watch needs to be 19mm, but #4's are 18mm? How does that work - however the stamp does look like a 4
 
kov
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kaplan kaplan
but the watch needs to be 19mm

It might well be that the End-links are correct and your statement above is wrong 😉
 
kaplan
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kov kov
It might well be that the End-links are correct and your statement above is wrong 😉
Haha, no I'm not sure actually

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I actually had a Seamaster 30 before that I sold because it was a re-dial and it didn't keep time well - I thought I tested it with a 19mm strap to see how it looked, looking at the old photos, indeed it's 18mm and I used an 18mm strap I had for Seiko's 😀
 
Seaborg
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kov kov
No need to shave, #4 = 18mm 😀

True 😁.
So maybe shaved #6 endlinks (blasphemy....) !
 
kaplan
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OllieOnTheRocks OllieOnTheRocks
Get a pair of vernier callipers it’ll save you from guessing in future 😀
Haha, good ones are expensive, cheap ones are bad - might as well use a ruler 😀

Thanks a lot for the help and input, I'm really, really excited for the watch
 
amcclell
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Nice watch and bracelet combo. Don't beat yourself up on the price - at least you have a nice watch, which isn't always the case. Enjoy!
 
Franco
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Sorry, why 7912? Could it not be 1506 or even 1039 or 1035 - matched incorrectly? Whats written on the clasp?
 
kov
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Franco Franco
Could it not be 1506 or even 1039 or 1035 - matched incorrectly?

It could be a 1506 but chances are low.
It can def not be a 1039 or 1035.
 
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kov kov
It could be a 1506 but chances are low.
It can def not be a 1039 or 1035.

Let’s see the inscription on the clasp.
 
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